Tubular lantern.



0. BERGENER. TUBULAR LANTERN. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1909.

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0.. BERGENER. TUBULAR LANTERN. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1909.

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To on whom it may concern:

UNIT STATES PATENT CHARLES BERGENER, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 'AssIeN'on, BY DIRECT AND MnsNE ASSIGNMENTS, 0F ONE-HALF T0 '0. 'r. HAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or noon- ESTER, NEW YORK, .AND ONE-HALF TO RJE. DIETZ COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., i

A CORPORATION.

Belt known that'I, CHARLES citizen of the United States,"re'siding-- at Rochester, in the" county. of. Monroe and State of New York, haveiinvented" ew and useful Improvement in Tubnlgigzam terns, of which the-following is a s ci'fica globe in the tubular lantern frame and more particularly to that class of lifting mechanisms which comprise a transverse shaft journaled' in the tubular frame and connected'with a vertically movable, globe-supporting frame, the shaft: beingprovided at one end with an arm or lever which engages acatchplate on the tubular frame. v l

The invention has for its object to render these devices'simple in construction and sat-- isfactory and convenient in use. In the. accompanying drawings, cons st ng of two sheets: Figure 1. is a front elevation of a tubular lantern provided with these improvements, the parts being shownin their normal position. -Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the globe plate tilted. Fig. .3 is a horizontal section in line 3- 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the-lantern. Fig. 5

is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale,

through the air tubes, and a top plan view of the lifter shaft and connecting parts.

' Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower. portion of the lantern showing the globe plate elevated. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the catch plate. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section through one of the air tubes showing a modified arrangement of the end hearing of the lifter sha Like reference characters refer to like.

parts in the several figures.

A represents the base portion of the lan;

tern containing the oil pot 10, air chamber- 11 and burner 12, B the side tubes and C the central tube, these parts forming the rigid lantern frame.

'1) represents the globe.-

, represents the globe plate, F the hell or canopy which is vertically movable on the central tube, G the annular spring catch secured to the bell and engaging the top of the globe, and side wires connect ng the Specification of Letters Patent. a lieatimi mea March so, 1909. $er1a1-No..486,806.

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with the globe plate. These parts cons tituteaglobe-holdmg frame which is vertically movable in the, lantern frame toward and from the-burner. The globe plate is movably connected with the side Wires in the usual way to permit the plate to be tilted in inserting and removing the lobe.

I represents the guard Whl'ch is secured to the lobe plate and consists, preferably, of

two ows 13 which are inclined in opposite directions and cross each other. Each bow is provided with a longitudinally flattened or depressed portion 14,- Figs. 2 and 3,

against which the side wires bear and where by the side wires are steadied between. their upper and lower ends, the guard bows forming a somewhat yielding or springy intermediate support for the side wires. pressed portions of the guard keep the side wires in contact with the guard and are so These de long that the globe plate can be tilted with the guard as far as necessary for conven" iently inserting or removing the globe, as illustrated in Fig. 2, without separating or disengaging-the side Wires from the flattened or depressed side portions of the guard.

K represents the cranked or' bcntli fter shaft which is journaled in the lantern frame and has its middle portion 15 connected with the globe plate on the rear side of the lantern by a hinge or sleeve 16. L represents the catch plate which is secured to the lantern frame and with which the liftthereof and are curvedto rest with their convex faces against the interior surface of the tube as represented in Fig. 5.

The catch plate is provided with an upright face-19 which is turned outwardly and .against which the lifting lever bears, this face terminating inlocking recesses 20, 21, at its upper'and lower ends. The plate is provided with a rearwardly projecting ear or log 22in which the adjacent portion of the lifter shaft is journaled. The oppositle end of the shaft is journaled in a bearing 23 which is secured to the adjacent air tube and preferably provided with an attaching arm 2% which projects into the tube through.-

a slot and is curved to bear with its convex face against the interior surface of the tube, as represented in Fig. 5. This end of the shaft is provided with a short arm 25 which bears against the outer side ofthis bearing. If desired, however, this end of the shaft may be provided with a reversely bent pivot 26 which is journaled in an opening formed in tlie outer side of the tube and provided with a bushing or eyelet 27, as represented in Fig. 8.

The lifter shaft K and its lever 17 are formed of wire which is somewhat elastic and the shaft is of such length that the lever 17 and the arm 25, on opposite ends of the shaft, bear by reason of this expansible character of" the shaft, respectively, against the catch plate L and the end bearing 23 with an inward pressure, which holds the lever against the face of the plate. The inward pressure which is so exerted by the expansible shaft against the plate and the bearing also presses the attaching arms of these parts against the interior surfaces of the tubes and holds the arms in close contact with the tubes.

I claim as my invention: 1. The combination with a lantern frame and a globeholding frame movable up and downtherein and comprising a bottom member upon which the globe rests and upright side members, of a guard secured to said bottom member and having flattened side portionswhich bear against said side members between the ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a lantern frame and a globe-holding frame movable up and downtherein and comprising a top memher, side members secured thereto and a bottom member having a tilting connection with the side members, of a guard secured to said bottom member and having flattened side portions which bear against said side members between the ends thereof., substantially as set forth. I I

3. The combination with a lantern fram and a globe-holding frame movable up and vdown therein and'ecomprising a bell, side wires secured thereto and a globe plate mot/ably connected with the'side wires, of a guard secured to the globe plate and having flattened side portions which bear against the side wires above the lower ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

The combination with a lantern frame and a globe-holding frame movable up and down therein and comprising a top member, side members secured thereto and a bottom member having tilting connection with -the side members, of a guard secured to said bottom member and; haying depressed side noraess portions which bear against the side members above the lower ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a tubular lantern frame and a globe support movable up and down therein, of a flexible transverse lifter shaft connected with said globe support and provided with a lifting lever which is arranged on the inner side of one of the side tubes, and a catch plate secured to said tube on the inner side thereof and having an outwardly turned locking face against which said lever bears with an inward pressure, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination witha tubular lantern frame and a globe support movable up and down therein, of a transverse lifter shaft connected with said globe support, and =1 bearing for said shaft provided with a horizontal curved attaching arm which extends into the tube and is arranged with its convex side against the inner surface of the tube, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a tubular lantern frame and aglobe support movable up and down. therein, of a transverse lifter shaft connected with said globe support and provided with a lifting lever, and a catch de vice against which said lever bears and which is arran ed on the inner side of one of the tubes and provided with a horizontal curved attaching arm extending into the tube and bearing with its convex side against the interior surface thereof, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination with a tubular lantern frame and a globe support movable up and down therein, of a transverse lifter shaft connected with said globe support and provided with a lifting lever, and a catch plate arranged on the inner side of one of the tubes and provided with an outwardly turned face against which said lever bears and with horizontal curved attaching arms arranged above and below said face and e);- tending into said tube and bearing with their convex sides against the inner surface of the tube, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with a tubular lantern frame and a globe support movable up and down therein, of a catch plate projecting inwardly from the inner side of one ofi'the tubes and having at itsinner edge a bearing lug formed integrally with said plate, and a transverse lifter shaft and lever connected with said globe support, said shaft being journaled in said lug and engaging with its lever a ainst said catch plate, substantially as set orth.

1 0. The combination in a tubular lantern said body having anIint-urned lifter locle g a 11. T he. combination in a tubular lantern hav ng a globe," of an an tube, a cranked globe lifter, and a bearing for an end of the lifter comprising a channel shape bodyfthe' legs of which are secured to the air tnbe, said body having an 'intnrned lifter-locking flange adjacent the bearing of the lifter; in said body, the flange having'its edge inclined to act as a wedge or-cam on the lifter whereby when operated the latter is moved longitudinally and then; reyers'ely under said flange. k 12. Th combination wlt-h a lantern tube, globe, and lantern-globe-lifter, of a bearing tube, said body having an openin lifter-locking part.

.13. The combination in a tubnlar lantern,-

with a cranked lantern-globe-lifter, .of a

and under which the lifter can pass-when the globe is raised."

' v14'. The combination'in a tubular lantern, with a cranked globe-liftenfofg-asupport for an end thereof comprising a sin' leibody secured to a tube of the lanternghaving a "lifter-hearing therein, and hafving also between said bearing and tnbe'a' lifter-holding part curving toward and then; from said tube ever and under which the lifter can pass, when the globe is raised. I,

Witness my hand in the presence of two -subscribingwitnesses.

, CHARLES BERGENER. Witnesses:

LE0 E. MAssETH,"

WALLACE I. MILLER.

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vsupport for an end thereof edmprising a single body securedto a tube of the lantern, a lifter bearing therein at a distance at one 'side of said tube, said body haizingalso between'said. bearing and said tub a lifterholdihg part projecting toward' theisidetube 

